by Janet Jones | Oct 10, 2025 | From the Archives, Town & Business
70 Years in Cody: The Life and Times of Martha Marston Newton Martha Marston lived in Cody for nearly seventy years, but her early roots were on the seafaring coast of Maine. She was born in 1885 to George Gilbert Marston and Hattie Patrick, during Maine’s heyday as a...
by Janet Jones | Sep 5, 2025 | From the Archives, Town & Business
Marlboro Man Program and Discussion on the Cigarette Tax The Cody Library will host Park County Archivist Robyn Cutter for a presentation on the history of the Marlboro Man on Tuesday, September 16, at 1:00 p.m. in Grizzly Hall. The program will feature a 25-minute...
by Janet Jones | Jun 20, 2025 | From the Archives, Town & Business
Two Heritage Museum Volunteers Have Ties to Demaris Springs In a museum, sometimes the people behind the front desk are a wealth of information, even more so than the exhibits themselves. Here at the Cody Heritage Museum, two of our regular volunteers, Terry Bartlett...
by Janet Jones | May 16, 2025 | From the Archives, Play & Travel, Town & Business
On Foot Along the Old Meeteetse Trail Today, travelers can drive from Cody to Meeteetse in just thirty minutes via the paved Meeteetse Highway (WYO 120). But 140 years ago, that same journey could take two days. In the 1880s, a rugged trail served stagecoaches,...
by Janet Jones | Apr 18, 2025 | From the Archives, Town & Business
Cody’s Place in the Nationwide Soda Water Trend Just up the North Fork past Wapiti, the historic Sweetwater Spring still gurgles and babbles over moss-covered rocks, just as it has for millennia. In the late 1920s, local resident Edgar D. “Kid” Wilson capitalized on...
by Janet Jones | Mar 21, 2025 | From the Archives, Play & Travel, Town & Business
Development of the North Fork Highway Over 120 years ago, local families and visitors looked forward to summer trips to Yellowstone, just as we do today. But back then, the North Fork Highway did not yet exist. In the year 1901, accessing the remote east entrance from...
